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Apache Pig

Apache Pig is a high-level platform for creating programs that run on Apache Hadoop. The language for this platform is called Pig Latin. Pig can execute its Hadoop jobs in MapReduce, Apache Tez, or Apache Spark. Pig Latin abstracts the programming from the Java MapReduce idiom into a notation which makes MapReduce programming high level, similar to that…

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Developers
Apache Software Foundation, Yahoo Research
License
Apache License 2.0
Operating system
Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux
Release
September 11, 2008; 17 years ago (2008-09-11)
Repository
svn.apache.org/repos/asf/pig/
Stable release
0.18.0 / September 15, 2025; 11 months ago (2025-09-15)

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Apache Pig

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Apache Pig

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related to history · 4
Apache Pig → Apache Software Foundation, In, MapReduce, Yahoo Research
Developers · 1
Apache Pig → Apache Software Foundation, Yahoo Research
License · 1
Apache Pig → Apache License 2.0
Operating system · 1
Apache Pig → Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux
Release · 1
Apache Pig → September 11, 2008; 17 years ago (2008-09-11)
Repository · 1
Apache Pig → svn.apache.org/repos/asf/pig/
Stable release · 1
Apache Pig → 0.18.0 / September 15, 2025; 11 months ago (2025-09-15)
Type · 1
Apache Pig → Data analytics
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Apache Pig → pig.apache.org
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Apache Pig → high-level platform for creating programs that run on Apache Hadoop

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Apache PigDevelopersApache Software Foundation, Yahoo Research1.00infobox
Apache PigLicenseApache License 2.01.00infobox
Apache PigOperating systemMicrosoft Windows, OS X, Linux1.00infobox
Apache PigReleaseSeptember 11, 2008; 17 years ago (2008-09-11)1.00infobox
Apache PigRepositorysvn.apache.org/repos/asf/pig/1.00infobox
Apache PigStable release0.18.0 / September 15, 2025; 11 months ago (2025-09-15)1.00infobox
Apache PigTypeData analytics1.00infobox
Apache PigWebsitepig.apache.org1.00infobox
Apache Pigis ahigh-level platform for creating programs that run on Apache Hadoop0.90text
all the webpages on the internetinstance ofThe above program will generate parallel executable tasks which can be distributed across multiple machines in a Hadoop cluster to count the number of words in a dataset0.80text
Apache Pigrelated to historyYahoo Research0.60section
Apache Pigrelated to historyMapReduce0.60section

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